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It's 2024 and I'm posting this from a text console. (feddit.org)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by superkret@feddit.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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It started as a stupid project cause I was bored. How much can you actually do without a windowing environment?
After finding out how to post to lemmy from a TTY, I realized that I can do most things I do daily using text.
Browsing the web in links, which opens all sorts of files in the corresponding programs if configured correctly.
Opening images in fbi, PDFs in fbpdf, listening to music in cmus, watching movies in mplayer, using e-mail in alpine, creating documents in vim and latex, ...
The only thing that still requires a GUI is image editing and a few websites I need that don't work without JavaScript.
And it's actually really nice...more focused, without loading times, animations, popups, ads, or other distractions, and everything is scriptable.

Anyway, sorry for the blog post.

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[–] bruhsoulz@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lol so cool. My fav text apps are toot for mastodon and maybe gomuks or iamb for matrix/element. Also what Lemmy app r u using?

[–] superkret@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm just using the Links browser and fbi for the images.

[–] MonkeMischief 3 points 1 month ago

So weird I'm used to hearing about FBI using us for images. 🤔 Lol

[–] Findmysec@infosec.pub 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does feddit.org work without JS? Does this depend on the front-end that the instance uses?

[–] superkret@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The standard frontend doesn't let you log in without JS, but on old.feddit.org it works.
Same with the other instances I tested.